Curtain-pole ring.



No. 699,507. Patented May 6, I902.

a. ERICH.

CURTAIN POLE RING.

- (Application filed Nov. 11, 1901.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENTOH 4 TTORNE rs UNITED STATES,

PATENT OEEIcE.

GEORGE ERIOH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGEGROB, OF GLENDALE STATION, NEIV YORK.

CURTAIN-POLE RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 699,507, dated May 6,1902. Application filed November 11, 1901. Serial No. 81,876. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE ERICH, residing in New York, borough ofBrooklyn, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Curtain- Pole Rings, of which the followingis aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved cur- Iain-pole ring of that classwhich is provided with a plurality of antifriction-rollers at its upperpart, so as to permit the movement of the ring over the pole with aslittle friction as possible when it is desired to close or openthecurtain suspended from the same; and the invention consists of acurtain-pole ring coinprisingan exterior ring which is provided at itsinner circumference with a recess or seat for inserting the wire ring onwhich antifriction-rollers are fixed, said rollers projecting into therecess in the inner circumference of the exterior ring, while the endsof the exterior ring and wire ring are retained by means of a suitablekeeper, which is made integral with the suspension-eye to which thecurtain-pin is attached, all of which will be fully describedhereinafter and finally pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myimproved curtain-pole ring, showing the same in position on acurtain-pole. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1; and Figs. 3 and 4are vertical transverse sections, drawn on a larger scale, respectively,on lines3 3 and 4; 4, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the exterior ring of acurtain-pole,which may be formed of metal, wood, or other suitablematerial. The inner circumference of the ring A is provided with arecess a, which is formed in the meeting edges of the ring when the sameis made of metal, as shown in Fig. 4, or which is recessed when the sameis made of wood and in either case is made semicircular, or nearly so,for forming a seat of the wire ring B, which is sprung into the seat andretained in the same, so that the meeting edges of the metal ring areconcealed thereby. Before placing the wire ring 13 in position in theseat a two or more centrallyperforated antifriction-rollers O are placedon the same and so shifted on the wire ring that they project into theradial recesses a,

which are arranged symmetrically to the vertical center plane of thecurtain-pole ring, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The rollers O arepreferably made of brass or other disks that are cut off from a solidrod, said disks being then centrally perforated, so as to be placed onthe wire ring B. The lower ends of the Wire ring B and the exterior ringA arejoined by a metallic keeper D, of circular shape, which has a smallbend d at its upper end, so as to fit over the wire ring B, as shown inFig. at, while the lower end is provided with an eye D, to which thecurtain-pin is applied when suspending the curtain from the holes. Thekeeper D is preferably soldered on the meeting ends of the exterior ringand the wire ring B, so as to hold the parts together and prevent anyshifting of the keeper from its position at the lower part of thecurtain-pole ring.

, The advantages of my improved curtainpole ring are, first, that it canbe manufactured at a lower price than the rings heretofore used, for thereason that the parts composing the ring require but little labor formaking them; second, that the assembling of the parts is quicklyaccomplished and with great facility; third, that the ring is of a veryneat appearance and moves freely over the pole, owing to the radialposition of the rollers in the upper part of the curtain-pole ring.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A curtain-pole ring consisting of an exterior ringprovided with a concaved recess at its interior circumference and radialrecesses at its inner upper portion, a wire ring sprung into the recessformed at the inner circumference of the exterior ring,antifriction-rollers placed in the radial recesses, and a keeperextending over the ends of the wire ring and exterior ring, and providedwith an eye at its lower end, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE ERIOH.

